Early Ethical Enterprise Pitch Competition 2021 Winners Announced


We’re excited to announce the winners of this year’s Early Ethical Entrepreneur Pitch Competition. We want to congratulate David Titeu, founder and director of Linkmate, for taking home first prize, winning over $51,000 of in-kind prizes. We’d also like to congratulate Amanda Morgan, director and head of research and development at Fungi Solutions for winning not only this year’s People’s Choice Award but also the Red Hat Impact and Climate Futures Awards.

Finalists of the Early Pitch will pitch their ethical start-up or ethical enterprise idea to social entrepreneurial leaders who are influential in the community and who have the mentoring skills and resources to support entrepreneurs or enterprises to make a concept a reality. The Winner of the pitch competition will be part of the Early Pitch Booster Program, providing access to mentorship, professional services, and advice valued at over $51,000.

At the pitch competition, we will also invite the audience to participate in the people’s choice award where conference delegates will be able to vote for their favourite pitch and the winner of the Early Pitch Competition and the People's Choice will be announced at the Ethical Enterprise Award Dinner on the 7th of December 2021


Early Ethical Entrepreneur Pitch Competition 2021 Winners

 

Early Ethical Entrepreneur Pitch Competition Winner

David Titeu

Founder and Director
Linkmate

People’s Choice, Red Hat Impact, and Climate Futures Award Winner

Amanda Morgan

Director/Head of Research and Development
Fungi Solutions Pty Ltd

 

Early Ethical Enterprise Pitch Competition 2021 Finalists

Ellie Hewitt

Founder
Staples of Change

Dr Siobhan Dongés

Director
Purple Card Project

Sabrina Leung

EnAccess Maps

Brett Leavy

Creative Director
Coding for Culture



Judges

Christian CadeoBig Idea Ventures

Christian Cadeo

Big Idea Ventures

 
Tom DawkinsStartSomeGood

Tom Dawkins

StartSomeGood

Lisa ZipkisInvest Victoria

Lisa Zipkis

Invest Victoria

 
Molly SardellaCommon Code

Molly Sardella

Common Code

Anthony CurtinMerton Lawyers

Anthony Curtin

Merton Lawyers

 
Lionel LeeInvesUnited

Lionel Lee

InvesUnited

Dr Natalya TurkinaRMIT

Dr Natalya Turkina

RMIT

 
Cameron NeilRed Hat Impact

Cameron Neil

Red Hat Impact